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Jabbles

> The company has already planted more than 50,000 trees

That does sound a lot, but I am not sure how they can justify their expected rate:

> Each of our drones can plant over 40,000 seed pods per day

Their long term goal is in line with the second, not the first:

> and aims to plant a total of 100 million by the year 2024.

Well, they only need 3 drones then... 3 * 40k * 365 * 2.5 ~ 1e8

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…assuming a 100% germination rate.

They aim to plant 100 million they make no claims to the efficacy of their project.

This article is full of hype though. The headline claims they ARE planting 40,000/day. The company only attests to 50k so far.

Even the company site has an FAQ where it asks "why seeds and not seedlings?" and doesn't give a good answer other than "we developed the technology for seeds" - they cite "transplant shock" and "increases soil carbon".

Also, who's their target audience? Governments? NGOs?

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